On September 3, 2023, Bintu Kandeh, 60, and her husband Mohamed Alusine Kandeh, 61, were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside their home on Bristol Drive in Delaware, Ohio after they failed to meet a family member for a scheduled appointment. Delaware Police discovered the bodies that Sunday afternoon and the scene was investigated as a double homicide.

Within 24 hours investigators identified a prime suspect, 25-year-old son Mohamed Lamin Kandeh, and an arrest warrant was issued. He was stopped by Delaware officers with help from the Ohio State Highway Patrol at about 11:30 a.m. on September 4 on Maloney Road near McCurdy Road and taken into custody without incident. Court records noted prior incidents involving erratic and dangerous behavior, including a 2022 arrest for aggravated menacing and domestic violence and a 2020 matter involving the father of an ex-girlfriend.

Mohamed Lamin Kandeh was charged with murder and made his first court appearance on September 5, 2023; prosecutors asked that he be held without bond. A preliminary hearing was set for September 14 and a bond hearing for September 8. Bintu is remembered as a wife, mother and longtime banker who worked 22 years at JPMorgan Chase and helped with the Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Did anyone in the community know the Kandeh family or have information about the events leading up to September 3?